AP psych unit 5.4c,d vocab

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

a group of disorders, characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized, thinking, or speech, disorganized, or unusual motor behavior, and negative symptoms (such as diminished emotional expression); includes schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder

Psychotic disorders

A group of disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted, perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality

Delusion

A false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany, psychotic disorders

Chronic schizophrenia

(also called process schizophrenia) A form of schizophrenia in which symptoms usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood as people age, psychotic episodes last longer, and recovery period shorten

Acute schizophrenia

(also called reactive schizophrenia) A form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age, frequently occurs in response to a traumatic event, and from which recovery is much more likely

Dissociative disorders

A controversial, rare group of disorders, characterized by a disruption of or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior

Dissociative identity (DID)

A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternate identities (Formally called multiple personality disorder)

Dissociative amnesia

A disorder in which people with intact, brains, reportedly experience, memory gaps; people with dissociative amnesia may report not remembering trauma related specific events, people, places, or aspects of their identity and life history

Personality disorders

A group of disorders, characterized by enduring inexperience’s or behavior patterns that differ from someone’s cultural, norms and expectations, are pervasive and inflexible, begin in adolescence or early adulthood, are stable overtime, and causes stress or impairment

Antisocial personality disorder

A personality disorder in which a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscious for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless, or a clever con artist

Feeding and eating disorders

A group of disorders, characterized by altered conception, or absorption of food that implies health or psychological functioning (feeding disorders typically occur in infants and young children, whereas eating disorders affect people who self feed)

Anorexia nervosa

And eating disorder in which a person (Usually an adolescent female) Maintains a starvation diet, despite being significantly underweight, and has an inaccurate self perception; sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise

Bulimia nervosa

And eating disorder in which a person binge (Usually of high calorie food) Is followed by inappropriate weight, loss, promoting behavior, such as vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Central nervous system abnormalities (Usually in the brain) That start in childhood and alter thinking and behavior (As in intellectual limitations or a psychological disorder)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by limitations in communication and social interaction, and originally fixated interest and repetitive behaviors

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

A psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity